Contextualising difficulties in literacy development : exploring politics, culture, ethnicity and ethics

Contextualising difficulties in literacy development : exploring politics, culture, ethnicity and ethics / edited by Janet Soler, Janice Wearmouth and Gavin Reid.

This work provides a range of interdisciplinary and international perspectives on difficulties in literacy development. The team of contributors provides ethical and policy discussions, as well as contextualizing individual and collective strategies.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Soler, Janet, Wearmouth, Janice, Reid, Gavin, 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer : Open University : University of Edinburgh, 2002.
Subjects:
Reading disability > Social aspects.
Reading > Remedial teaching.
Educational sociology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Educational sociology
Reading > Remedial teaching
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Policy contexts and the debates over how to teach literacy; Part 1 What is literacy: a simple or complex process?; 2 Literacy: in search of a paradigm; 3 Framing the issues in literacy education; Part 2 Are there increasing difficulties with literacy?; 4 Explanations of the current international 'literacy crises'; 5 Simply doing their job? The politics of reading standards and 'real books'; 6 When will the phonics police come knocking?
  • 7 Literacy assessment and the politics of identities8 Learning difficulties and the New Literacy Studies: a socially-critical perspective; Part 3 Political and historical considerations: curricula and programmatic responses to literacy difficulties; 9 A veteran enters the Reading Wars: my journey; 10 Reading Recovery and Pause, Prompt, Praise: professional visions and current practices; 11 How inclusive is the Literacy Hour?; 12 Developmental dyslexia: into the future; Part 4 Impact of social class, culture, ethnicity and gender.
  • 13 Texts in context: mapping out the gender differentiation of the reading curriculum14 The literacy acquisition of Black and Asian EAL learners: anti-racist assessment and intervention challenges; 15 Bilingualism and literacies in primary school: implications for professional development; 16 Psychosocial factors in the aetiology and course of specific learning disabilities; Part 5 How can political, social and cultural factors impact upon individual difficulties with literacy?; 17 Myths of illiteracy: childhood memories of reading in London's East End; 18 New times! Old ways?
  • Part 6 Ethical and social justice issues19 Justice, literacy, and impediments to learning literacy; 20 Reforming special education: beyond 'inclusion'; Index.

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